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ArticleResearch integrity and peer review2026

Statistical reviewing for a medical journal: summary of workshop proceedings.

Derrick Bennett, Sam Leary, Paula Dhiman, Jen Lewis, Julie Morris, Gordon Prescott, Andy Vail, Ashma Krishan, Antonia Marsden, Clare Robinson and 1 more

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Article in Research integrity and peer review, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Derrick Bennett *Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), Nuffield Department of Population Health (NDPH), Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, NuffieldOxford, OX3 7LF, UK. derrick.bennett@ndph.ox.ac.uk.
Sam Leary *Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Paula DhimanCentre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jen LewisSheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR), School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Julie MorrisRetired Head of Medical Statistics, South Manchester NHS Trust, Manchester, UK.
Gordon PrescottLancashire Clinical Trials Unit, University of Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Andy VailCentre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Ashma KrishanCentre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Antonia MarsdenCentre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Clare RobinsonWolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Jamie Sergeant *Centre for Biostatistics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of statistical methods in medical research has long been a concern and careful review of these methods is required to ensure that published papers are of sufficient statistical quality. However, there is a shortage of statistical reviewers for medical journals and there is a dearth of training for those with little or no experience. An online workshop on statistical reviewing for medical journals was convened by the Improving Statistical Literacy and Early Career Development streams of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Statistics Group to address this gap. This article summarizes the key learnings from this workshop and provides some practical advice for those potentially interested in undertaking statistical reviews for a medical journal.

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